Tongue for plows or cultivators.



J. P. JONES.

TONGUE FOR FLOWS 0R OULTIVATORR APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1909.

947,1 5 8. Patented 'Jan. 18, 1910.

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JOHN P. JONES, or sUM'MI'TvILL INDIANA.

ToNeUnFoR' rLows on coii'r'rvn'rons.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 20, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910. Serial No. 497,242.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. J ONES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Summitville, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tongues for Plows, Cultivators, or the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to poles and shafts and particularly to a pole or tongue designed primarily for use on plows, cultivators, or the like.

An object of this invention is to produce a tongue and an attachment therefor, the said attachment being provided for connection with the usual yoke and being slidable with relation to the tongue to permit it to extend beyond the end of the tongue when the horses are drawing the plow or cultivator and to slip back even with the end of the tongue when the plow or cultivator is being turned.

A further object of this invention is to provide an attachment for a tongue which will have a rotary motion with relation to the tongue in order that the motion of the tongue will" not be communicated to the yoke, that is to say, as the tongue moves from side to side, the attachment will be free to rotate and the end thereof to which the yoke is attached will rotate as it swings with the tongue.

It has been found in practice that with the use of a tongue and an attachment of the character noted, the tongue may be from eighteen to twenty-four inches shorter than is now used on plows or cultivators and hence the difiiculty occasioned by the end of the tongue catching on wire fences or the like is obviated; furthermore, it enables the user to turn in either direction in the same space required for turning with a tongueless plow or cultivator and finally it has been found that the tongue and attachment equalize the draft and obviate the disadvantages caused by one horse lagging behind the other, as the attachment will slide with re lation to the tongue and equalize the draft.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawingsforming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which Figure 1, illustrates a view in elevation of an implement with a tongue having the attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view thereof; and Fig. 3 illustrates a top plan view; and Fig. 4, illustrates a sectional view of a tongue with a strap in elevation.

In these drawings 4, denotes the tongue having a longitudinally disposed recess 5, in its under surface in which a tube 6 is seated. The tube is held in the recess of the tongue by means of the metallic straps 7,

which may be variously multiplied to suit particular requirements; A rod 8, is slidable in the tube and the outer end of the said rod is bent upwardly and curved rearwardly to form an attachment for a yoke. The rod is provided with an eye 9, designed to receive a link or other connection for the yoke, and as heretofore stated, the rod is free to slide in the tube for the purpose of extending the length. of the tongue when the horses are drawing the plow or cultivator or the said attachment may slide rearwardly until the angular end of the attachment contacts the end of the tongue, thus effectively shortening the tongue for the purpose of permitting the horses to turn in a comparatively small space.

If desirable, the tube may be omitted in certain instances and the metallic straps may be multiplied to such an extent that they will form guides for the attachment and prevent its. disengagement from the tongue although there is liability of the end of the attachment striking the guides in its reciprocation and I thereforeconsider the tube as the best mode of carrying the invention into practice.

I claim 1. The combinationwith a tongue, of a groove formed in the tongue, a tube received in the groove, straps passing around the tongue and the tube, a rod received in the tube, and means on the end of the rod whereby the latter maybe connected to a yoke, said rod being slidably held in the tube whereby the length of the device may be lessened, and rotatably held whereby said rod may conform to the oscillatory motion of the yoke.

2, In a telescopic tongue, a tongue member proper, a tube mounted on said tongue fixed my signature in the presence of two member, and a rod 1n sald tube, and nor wltnesses.

mally extending therefrom said rod adapted to be slid back into said tilbe whereby said JOHN JONES 5 telescopic tongue is shortened and the Vehi- Witnesses:

cle enabled to turn in a small space. JOHN J. MoEvoY,

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto af- ARTHUR DIGKERSON. 

